World/International History

Updated and expanded throughout, to take into consideration the most up-to-date historical research, this new edition of The Origins of the Second World War analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War...

The object of this book is to is to explain - rather than simply narrate - the remarkable or rather unique set of events that constitute modern history from the Industrial Revolution to the beginnings of the twenty-first century._x000D_..

With contributions from thirty specialist historians, The Ottoman World addresses the key questions of how Ottoman authority was maintained over such a diverse empire, how the provinces related to the imperial centre, what impact Ottoman rule had on its subjects, and whether there was in fact such a..

With contributions from thirty specialist historians, The Ottoman World addresses the key questions of how Ottoman authority was maintained over such a diverse empire, how the provinces related to the imperial centre, what impact Ottoman rule had on its subjects, and whether there was in fact such a..

The new edition of this pioneering study traces the postwar inter-relationships of all the rim and island nations. Integrating a wide range of information from published and unpublished sources - including recently-opened Russian and American archives and the first-hand experiences of participants -..

The new edition of this pioneering study traces the postwar inter-relationships of all the rim and island nations. Integrating a wide range of information from published and unpublished sources - including recently-opened Russian and American archives and the first-hand experiences of participants -..

This book explores the multiple effects that competing ideologies have had on independent actors such as empires and states, and the manner in which they helped transform regional and global systems for the past 1700 years...

This book explores the multiple effects that competing ideologies have had on independent actors such as empires and states, and the manner in which they helped transform regional and global systems for the past 1700 years...

The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History engages in the most recent trends in scholarship of the French Revolution and its aftermath by placing the revolutionary events in France in an international context. The first section of the volume will examine the Revolution in a wi..

This book examines the global history of settler colonialism as a distinct mode of domination from ancient times to the present day, focusing on topics and regions ranging from settler colonialism in the Neo-Assyrian and Roman empires, to relationships between indigenes and newcomers in New Spain an..

This volume explores shifting attitudes towards and representations of disabled people from the age of antiquity to the twenty-first century. Taking an international view of the subject, chapters discuss topics such as developments in disability issues during the late Ottoman period and the systemat..

The history of food is one of the fastest growing areas of historical investigation, incorporating methods and theories from cultural, social, and women’s history while forging a unique perspective on the past. The Routledge History of Food takes a global approach to this topic, focusing on the peri..